March 20 ushers in the spring equinox, which is the fourth of the 24 solar terms after spring, rain, and stings, and has a very important symbolic significance. The vernal equinox in geography is called the "two-point two solstice" together with the autumn equinox, the winter solstice, and the summer solstice, and is the four most important iconic solar terms of the twenty-four solar terms. The "Explanation of the Seventy-two Waiting Episodes of the Moon Order" said: "In the middle of February. The divider is half and half, and this is the half of the ninety days, so it is called the division. "At the time of the spring equinox, the sun reaches zero degrees of ecliptic longitude, just in the middle of February, because the spring of the middle equinox is two halves, so it is called the spring equinox.
In ancient times, the mainland used to indicate the beginning of the four seasons with spring, summer, autumn and winter. The spring equinox, summer solstice, autumn equinox, and winter solstice are in the middle of the seasons. On the day of the vernal equinox, the sunlight directly hits the equator, the day and night time around the world are equal, the day length is 12 hours, the night is 12 hours long, the sun rises from the east and sets from the west, so the ancient spring equinox is also called "day and night equinox", and the folk have the proverb of "spring equinox, equinox, day and night equinox". From the stunned "Tao Shihua, Cang Gengming", to the spring equinox of "one waiting for the birds to arrive, two waiting for thunder to sound, three waiting for electricity", nature has gradually ended the "silent film" era, and nature has become more sound and colorful. Tang Dynasty poet He Zhizhang's "Wing Liu" "Jasper makeup into a tree high, ten thousand hanging green silk tapestries, do not know who cut the fine leaves, february spring wind like scissors" opened the chapter of spring, graceful and colorful, graceful, delicate spring flowers to report the spring, colorful magnolia flowers scrambling to open the second time, pink and bright peach blossoms do not show weakness, compete for red cheeks ... Spring thunder urges cultivation, and everything is thriving!
There is also a beautiful legend about the arrival of the spring equinox, a long time ago, there was an emperor who loved people deeply and cared about folk life called Yandi. When he knew that people needed more food to feed their hunger, he prayed to heaven for the seeds of the people's grains. Therefore, the heavens sent a red Dan Finch to deliver the grain seeds to Emperor Yan's hand. The Yandi, who loved people, immediately distributed the grain seeds to all the people, and the people happily planted the grain seeds into the ground, hoping for a good harvest. However, after a long time, the grain seedlings did not bloom, let alone harvest, so Emperor Yan went to ask the heavens, and the heavens said that it was because the sun hid and fell asleep, and did not receive enough sunlight, so the flowers could not grow and could not grow fruit. Emperor Yan was very worried that his people would not have enough to eat, and he asked the heavens how could they summon the sun? Heaven said that a person needed to ride a five-colored bird on the day of the spring equinox and go to Penglai Island to get the sun back and hang it in the sky again. Penglai Island is an immortal island, no one has ever come, Yandi decided to ride a five-colored bird on the day of the spring equinox and flew across thousands of mountains and seas to Penglai Island. He picked up the sun and rode on the bird's back and flew back to his hometown. He hung the sun on the head of the city in his hometown, let the sun shine on the earth, and from then on the earth was rich in grain, the country was safe, and the YanDi was revered as the sun god. People are very grateful to the sun god Yandi, so every year on the day of the spring equinox, there is a custom of worshiping the sun.
After the spring equinox, the swallows fly back from the south. In March 2022, a spring snow in the north brought a world of pink makeup and jade, and brought different charms to spring, spring snow, spring flowers and spring have a moon, which is a good season in the world! The earth breathes smoothly, the insects wake up and become active, the grass wind blows and recovers, the people become more and more energetic, and we forge ahead with hope and set out for happiness!
Author: Daqinghe